After uploading photos to Flickr a few weeks ago, I spent some time exploring other Flickr members food-related photo streams. I came across an amazing set of photos of three dimensional Halloween cookies. I’ve seen 3-D cookies before, like Christmas trees built from a variety of different sized stars. The cookies I saw on Flickr were built from two pieces with matched notches that fit together.
You can buy fancy cutters that have the notch, or use very plain cutters (like pumpkins or round ornaments) and use a knife to cut notches. Or, a plain, rectangular base can be made to stand cookies up, sort of like paper dolls. Here is an example of a uniform base on Easter cookies. Here's some winter cookie inspirations.
I am going to make 3D turkeys as place cards for my Thanksgiving table using this Betty Crocker recipe.
This is a 3-D cookie tree I made a couple years ago.
Have you tried making 3-D cookies? What did you make?